Hi Claude
Just a typo: it should be =SYS (3050, 1, VAL (SYS (3050, 1, 0)) / 3).
You were missing the secoind parameter after the 3050 to specify what memory setting you want to reduce.
Jos
>From "Performance Tuning Tips in VFP":
>For NT(2000)..."Visual FoxPro can tend to over allocate memory for its own uses. To remedy this, you should use the SYS(3050) system function to adjust the Visual FoxPro memory buffer pool to approximately one-third of its default" such as: =SYS (3050, VAL (SYS (3050, 1, 0)) / 3)
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